Summertime was a particularly difficult season to get through; the store never seemed to be comfortable. The chilled water system didn’t produce its full load anymore, and the landlord didn’t always provide the proper amount of water at the proper temperature in order to keep the retail space cool.
Everything came to a head in the summer of 1999. The store became so unbearable that portable cooling units had to be brought in on tractor trailers. Engineers were subsequently hired to determine the best way to renovate or replace the hvac system.